Artsweek

June 5, 2014

Parting Words with ‘Gaucho Marks’ Founder

By Demi Anter

I recently spoke to my friend Mathew Javidi about his final issue of Gaucho Marks, the UCSB satire magazine that has been going strong since he founded it three years ago.  The most recent issue is available in CCS as w...

May 29, 2014

Improvability Brings Laughter in Difficult Time

By Isabel Miller-Bottome

This coming Friday, May 30, UCSB’s Improvability will host “IMPROVATHON,” 24 hours of nonstop improvised performances and fun. The event will feature a different performance every hour, ranging from scenes to music...

May 29, 2014

Shlohmo Thrills Hub Crowd at End of Tour

By Alexandra DeSanto

Last week on Wednesday, May 21, the A.S. Program Board brought up-and-coming artist Shlohmo to The Hub. As the final show of his North American Tour, which started in April at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival...

May 29, 2014

Yearly Silent Film Festival Showcases Student Talent and Community Effort

By Isabel Miller-Bottome

The 23rd annual Reel Loud Film Festival, UCSB’s largest showcase of student films, music, art and dance, was held at Campbell Hall this past Friday. Fourteen silent films were shown on the big screen, each with their o...

May 22, 2014

UCSB Enjoys Extravaganza’s Offerings

By Lalita Stone

Sunglasses were on and shirts were off last Sunday at UCSB’s biggest show of the year, brought to us by A.S. Program Board. Although Extravaganza started an hour late, the various arts and activity tents, as well as th...

May 22, 2014

Student Spoken Word Artist to Perform Solo Show

By Demi Anter

Fourth-year sociology major Ryan Yamamoto will perform his own solo show of spoken word poetry at Muddy Waters Coffee House in downtown Santa Barbara tonight as a part of the quarterly poetry series presented by the UCSB...

May 22, 2014

Annual Reel Loud Film Festival Returns

By Demi Anter

UCSB will celebrate its 23rd Reel Loud Festival at Campbell Hall this Friday night. Brought to you by a dedicated crew within the Film & Media Studies Department, Reel Loud is a silent short film fest that has become...

May 15, 2014

Ann Patchett Shares Stories of Creative Growth

By Isabel Miller-Bottome

Best-selling author Ann Patchett made her first UCSB appearance at Campbell Hall last Tuesday at an event presented by UCSB Arts & Lectures. A graduate of Sarah Lawrence College and the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, Patc...

May 15, 2014

Two Banjos in Paradise: The Mystifying Talent of Béla Fleck and Abigail Washburn

By Sio Tepper

There’s something about a crowd of people that gather to see a banjo duo — some kind of eagerness or intense dedication to sharing in musical delight. The banjo (or something a lot like it) is found in cultures all o...

May 8, 2014

Dam-Funk, Speak Volumes Celebrate 10 Years of Magic Lantern

By Demi Anter

Tomorrow evening, local UCSB-based music bloggers and event producers Speak Volumes Media will collaborate with Magic Lantern Films to bring celebrated artist Dam-Funk to Isla Vista Theater. Dam-Funk, who hails from Los ...

May 8, 2014

Le Youth and Kedd Cook Entertain EOS Crowd

By Lalita Stone

Last Friday, We The Beat brought DJs Le Youth and Kedd Cook to EOS Lounge for what proved to be another addition to their track record of live show successes. Doors opened at 9 p.m. and at $5, tickets were basically a st...

May 8, 2014

Philip Glass Ensemble Offers Unique Performance

By Elliott Wright

On Wednesday, April 30, the Philip Glass Ensemble performed live alongside Jean Cocteau’s classic film “La Belle et La Bête” in a performance brought to Santa Barbara by UCSB Arts & Lectures. Quite different f...

May 8, 2014

ASPB Releases Extravaganza Lineup, Joy Ensues

By Lalita Stone

This past Monday, AS Program Board finally released the much-anticipated Extravaganza lineup, and the reception is amazing. In the past, ASPB has filled the Extravaganza headlining spot with big names such as Sublime, Da...

April 24, 2014

Australian EDM Artist Plays Intimate SB Set

By Alexandra DeSanto

From playing Coachella on Friday to playing Casa De La Raza here in Santa Barbara on Sunday, Flume’s captivating beats gave a whole new meaning to Easter Sunday (or 4/20, whichever you chose to celebrate). Flume, the s...

April 24, 2014

Downtown Exhibition Features UCSB Artists

By Sio Tepper

The Arts Fund of Santa Barbara is currently hosting an alluring exhibit titled “Drift and Fixation.” This is an all-Gaucho show, featuring undergraduate, graduate and staff artwork, which opened in the Funk Zone on A...

April 17, 2014

Fire Department Still Rocking SB

By Isabel Miller-Bottome

UCSB alumni band, The Fire Department, celebrated the release of their brand new music video and their second EP, “Underwater,” at Velvet Jones in downtown Santa Barbara on Thursday, April 3. The band’s first ever ...